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Education


Well-Schooled

Aug. 3, 1999
By Stacy Cohen

By Stacy L. Cohen Whoever said you can never go home again hasn't met Todd Dickey. After graduating from University of Southe...


Fenwick & West SAVVY SAVI BUYS ITSELF BACK FROM RAYTHEON Employees of Savi Technology, a Mountain View company that makes...


Personal Injury & Torts


Fool's Paradise

Aug. 3, 1999
By Columnist

By Stephen M. Murphy Plaintiffs' medical malpractice lawyers in California are nuts. How else to explain why they would take ...


Law Practice


Defendant Denies He Acted as Unlicensed Attorney

Aug. 3, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - A Santa Ana man charged with posing as a lawyer and bilking unknowing clients out of thousands of dollars in lega...


Law Practice


Unholy Alliance

Aug. 3, 1999
By Daniel Shaw

By Daniel Shaw The issue of multidisciplinary practice is hot these days. Too hot, it turns out, for the American Bar Associa...


Investments


Start Me Up

Aug. 3, 1999
By Columnist

By John Petrovich and Ned Sherman Founders of technology start-up companies commonly ask counsel what the entrepreneurs can d...


Litigation


Pre-emptive Strike

Aug. 3, 1999
By Columnist

By Patrick O'Donnell For decades, California attorneys have complained that the dazzling variety of inconsistent local court ...


The bar is still dominated by shortsightedness and self-interest. Spotting change there is like watching a glacier move. Vern...


Employee Benefits


Changing Times

Aug. 3, 1999
By Columnist

By Richard S. Rosenberg When the California Industrial Welfare Commission scuttled the state's daily overtime requirement for...


Government Contracts


^^Construction Law^^ By Bernard S. Kamine In an unusual procedure, the California Supreme Court ordered published the appella...


Solo and Small Firms


Consumer Affairs

Aug. 3, 1999
By Jeffrey Anderson

Consumer Affairs Plaintiffs' attorneys hope to further their image as protectors of the people by promoting new laws that wou...


Law Practice


What does Daniel Feldman , an associate in the finance and infrastructure group at San Francisco's Morrison & Foerster , ...


Large Firms


Changing Course

Aug. 3, 1999
By Leslie Gordon

By Leslie A. Gordon Bob Sherry is an opportunist - in the best sense of the word. A partner at McKenna & Cuneo in San Fra...


Criminal


Picketers Plead With DA to Soften Three Strikes

Aug. 3, 1999
By Michael Harris

In a demonstration endorsed by the Los Angeles County Public Defender's Association, several dozen protesters Friday again ca...


SAN FRANCISCO - Angela Alioto's lives as a San Francisco practitioner and political candidate crossed last week when she file...


Government


Widow Sues DA for 'Intentional' Harm

Aug. 3, 1999
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - Numerous legal issues are raised by a $2.6 million claim filed against the county of San Diego by the widow of sl...


Criminal


Nearly three years after voters endorsed the compassionate use of marijuana to ease suffering among the medically ill in Cali...


Labor/Employment


Orange County Pays $1M So Far Due to Cop Dubbed 'The Seducer'

Aug. 3, 1999
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle

SANTA ANA - One woman said she was pinned to a wall and groped and kissed against her will. Another said she was discouraged ...


Bankruptcy


Upon graduating from Hastings College of the Law in 1980, James I. Stang carefully surveyed his options. He turned down an of...


State Bar & Bar Associations


PHILADELPHIA - On one of her last days as president of the National Bar Association, Beverly McQueary Smith was still anxious...


Criminal


Man Faces Third Strike in Puppy's Death

Aug. 3, 1999
By Dennis Pfaff

SAN FRANCISCO - The beating death two years ago of a German shepherd puppy could send a convicted child molester to prison fo...


Litigation


It Takes a Boardroom for This Settlement

Jul. 31, 1999
By Denise Levin

Attempting to put an end to one of the largest civil cases in the history of the Los Angeles Superior Court, a judge has take...


Construction


SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court barred bad-faith suits against surety companies Thursday, throwing out a suit th...


Criminal


California 'Lilly'

Jul. 31, 1999
By Columnist

By Vincent J. O'Neill Jr. The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Lilly v. Virginia , 1999 Daily Journal D.A.R. 5782 (June ...


Discipline


Jump Right In

Jul. 31, 1999
By Columnist

The following is the major portion of a speech the author presented at the White House July 20 for President Clinton's call t...


Technology & Science


Commission OKs New Model Law

Jul. 31, 1999
By Charles Ashby

DENVER - A proposal to create a law for all states governing computer data was approved overwhelmingly Thursday by the Nation...


Judges and Judiciary


The Last Word

Jul. 31, 1999
By Columnist

By Patti S. Kitching I like oral argument. As an attorney, I enjoyed the opportunity to make sure the judge understood my leg...


Litigation


Qui Tam Suit Unsealed by Federal Court

Jul. 31, 1999
By Claude Walbert

SAN DIEGO - A whistle-blower lawsuit that alleges fraud and falsification of medical records by two Encinitas companies that ...


Government


Prosecutor Kick-Starts Undeclared Race for DA

Jul. 31, 1999
By Michael Harris

Stephen L. Cooley, head deputy of the Los Angeles County district attorney's welfare fraud unit, is the first anticipated can...


Appellate Practice


Attorneys, Judges Urge Use of Unpublished Rulings

Jul. 31, 1999
By Pamela Mac Lean

A majority of lawyers and judges at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judicial Conference have urged that attorneys be al...